Although these two agencies have different names, the Internal Affairs Office of the Army Privy Council and the Military Police Bureau of the Navy Command actually have the same functions as the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Inspectorate. They are both anti-corruption agencies, but the authority of the Inspectorate is limited to the civil service system.
, while the Internal Affairs Office of the Army Privy Council only targets the Army, and the Military Police Bureau of the Naval High Command only targets the Navy.
As for the anti-corruption work of another major system, that is, the Guards and the royal agencies, the anti-corruption work is directly handled by Hantong.
From a system perspective, the supervision and anti-corruption system of the Tang Empire was actually very complete, but no matter how perfect the system was, someone still had to implement it, and the previous implementation was obviously not strong enough.
This time, Li Xuan's anti-corruption campaign was not limited to the civil service system, but targeted the entire empire's officialdom, including both civil servants and generals.
When the military also started an anti-corruption investigation, it began to arrest a large number of officers in batches. Even on December 2, the Army Internal Affairs Office arrested the founding father of the Republic of China, who had served as regimental commander, brigade commander, division commander, corps commander, and logistics department commander of many armies.
When the minister, current Deputy Envoy of the Army Privy Council, Army General, and Imperial Marquis Gu Shizhong was also taken away.
Basically, every official knows that Emperor Sheng is really planning to do something big this time.
Suddenly, the capital city was in turmoil!
Many people are terrified, fearing that they will be taken away by the anti-corruption department next!
The civil servants were panicking, but the military generals were not much better either. Many generals were afraid. Li Xuan wanted to kill the rabbit and cook the dog, so the bird was gone and the bow was hidden. For a time, even Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing's military bosses were
I couldn't help but visit the palace frequently, on the one hand it was to increase my presence in front of Li Xuan, and on the other hand it was to show my loyalty.
At the same time, many senior officials and generals also seized the time to start self-examination, trying to wipe out the previous stains, and even took the initiative to hand over the criminals in the family to the anti-corruption department, putting on a show of
The gesture of clearing the door.
Hao Bainian did something even more extraordinary. As the head of the family, he personally divided the family and drove all his brothers and other clan members out of the Duke's Mansion. Overnight, only Hao Bainian and his wife were left in the huge Duke's Mansion.
His wife, children, and other members of the Hao family were all driven out by him.
This was not just as simple as living separately. He personally went to the Ministry of Household Affairs, changed his family's household registration, and distributed all the family's public property.
In the past, the Hao family, since Hao Bainian became prosperous, all his former relatives came together. Coupled with the development over the years, the entire Hao family has a population of more than 80 people according to the household registration.
A very typical wealthy family has formed!
This kind of big family has been a tradition in China for thousands of years. In any big family, there are dozens or even hundreds of people. They live together, help each other, and own a lot of public family property.
But now, Hao Bainian has directly and completely separated the family, lived separately, distributed property, and even changed household registration.
After the separation, the number of people registered in the Hao Family Government House was only six!
Moreover, he also took the initiative to send a secret document to Li Xuan, which detailed the separation of the family. At the same time, he also took the initiative to report all the assets of the Hao family, even those obtained through some conveniences in the past few years.
Benefits are reported truthfully.
Nothing to hide!
It must be said that Hao Bainian's political consciousness is very high!
He keenly realized that the purpose of the Holy Emperor this time was not to kill the birds and hide the birds, but to attack the official administration. However, the scope of the attack on the official administration this time was a bit wide, and it only affected the core and high-level officials.
He knew better that whether it was him, Li Chunjing, or several other big guys in the military, they all had financial problems to some extent. Although they were not serious, they were not much better than Gu Shizhong.
The difference between them and Gu Shizhong is not about how much money they have corrupted, but about their attitude!
Facing the investigation by the Internal Affairs Department, Gu Shizhong did his best to conceal it and frequently used his power to threaten investigators. This attitude was the reason why he was finally arrested under Li Xuan's personal orders.
After seeing Gu Shizhong being arrested, Hao Bainian immediately took action. There was no need to hide anything. Under Hantong's investigation, Hao Bainian knew that some of his small actions could not be hidden from the Emperor Sheng.
The only way to avoid this blow is to correct your attitude and actively move closer to the Holy Emperor!
There are many ways to get closer, but Hao Bainian chose the most extreme method.
Because as a military boss, he had a lot of contact with Li Xuan and had many private conversations. He knew that the Holy Emperor was actually very dissatisfied with today's wealthy families.
He clearly remembered that Emperor Sheng accidentally said during a private chat with him that most officials were corrupt, not for their own enjoyment, but to support their families, and families with hundreds of people had to maintain dignity.
The cost of living is naturally huge.
Although the Holy Emperor just made a casual chat at the time, Hao Bainian keenly grasped the key point, that is, the Holy Emperor was dissatisfied with the wealthy family.
In line with the attitude of closely following the steps of the Holy Emperor, Hao Bainian did not hesitate at all, and directly took the initiative to separate the families. Nearly a hundred people in the Guogong Mansion were instantly driven out to fend for themselves. In the end, the huge Guogong Mansion only had
Six people remain.
Li Xuan was also surprised by Hao Bainian's attitude, and then said to Hao Bainian when he met the saint: "That's good. Without too many ties, you can serve the empire better!"
Then they discussed with Hao Bainian how to reform the military affairs, and took the initiative to ask Hao Bainian about his views on the reform of the current military establishment. There was no such indifference as the coldness that had hit Hao Bainian several times before.
This attitude finally made Hao Bainian breathe a sigh of relief. He knew that he had passed this crisis safely.
At the same time, he also grasped the key point of Li Xuan's words, which was 'tie'.
Obviously, in the seriousness of the Holy Emperor, the big family is obviously a kind of tie!
This is a very important political signal, and Hao Bainian knows better that as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan, the Holy Emperor, cannot talk nonsense even in private chats. Every sentence the Holy Emperor said, even every word
Words all contain deep political meanings.
So after he returned, he started to send messages to his best friends and subordinates, asking them to slim down their respective families and stop having a wealthy family or a big family. The Holy Emperor had already made it clear that wealthy families were a constraint.
Naturally, any ties must be kicked away.
You should deal with this problem on your own as soon as possible. Don't wait for the internal military police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to arrest the person. It will be too late.
Li Xuan was very satisfied with Hao Bainian's attitude, and Li Xuan was also satisfied with his actions.
He is worthy of being the most prestigious boss in the Tang Army at present. He has a very high political consciousness. He only made a few words to realize the problem, and more importantly, he dared to solve the problem.
In recent years, Li Xuan has become more and more disgusted with big families. In his opinion, this wealthy family model has seriously affected the imperial government and even ordinary administration.
Although the empire had extended its administrative agencies into the countryside from the very beginning, the situation in the villages was actually still firmly controlled by the local gentry and wealthy families.
In many places, village chiefs and other positions are actually held by children of local wealthy families.
One thing that needs to be mentioned here is that a considerable number of China's traditional gentry actually live not in cities, but in villages.
This has a lot to do with the traditional imperial power not going to the countryside. In the pre-Ming Dynasty, the imperial power, that is, the power of the government was only limited to the county town, and the vast rural areas were not actually managed very much. They basically relied on the way of self-awareness in the countryside.
In the countryside, clan rules are greater than the law!
The transfer of imperial power to the countryside in the Tang Empire undoubtedly violated this political ecology that had existed for thousands of years, which in turn triggered numerous conflicts.
In order to solve rural problems and at the same time solve administrative problems, Li Xuan's next step is to implement the policy of forced family separation, splitting up the wealthy families with hundreds of people.
However, Li Xuan did not plan to implement this policy now. He planned to implement it next year. However, Hao Bainian was the first to realize this and implemented it in advance.
Li Xuan naturally approved of this.
Although this Hao Bainian also had some financial problems with others, it was harmless. In Li Xuan's opinion, his political consciousness was still very high.
Hao Bainian's behavior was inexplicable to others. Except for some of his subordinates and friends who followed suit, others did not follow suit.
And Li Xuan is not in a hurry. Anyway, this is not the current task. It is a plan that will be carried out next year or even the year after that. It is still too early now.
Let’s straighten out the officialdom first and then talk about it.
Other issues will be discussed later.
After Gu Shizhong was arrested, the Internal Affairs Office of the Army Privy Council continued to take action, arresting six lieutenant generals, more than 30 major generals, and hundreds of brigadiers. The Navy also arrested more than 20 generals.
The arrests of these generals were personally ordered by Li Xuan, and they were basically selected specific targets.
The military's rectification was not publicized on a large scale, nor was it published in the Tang Dynasty newspaper, because if it were published, it would easily cause widespread unrest. The military's anti-corruption handling was basically low-key internal processing.
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Gu Shizhong's handling is a typical example. After he was arrested, he wanted to see Li Xuan many times, but Li Xuan refused.
In the end, the Army Military Court sentenced him to death in just two days!
However, this death sentence was not executed. Although Li Xuan was dissatisfied with this veteran who followed him to conquer the world, he still gave him a decent way to end his life!
On December 24, the 16th year of Xuanping, in the special guest house of the Privy Council's Internal Affairs Office, Gu Shizhong, wearing a full army general's uniform, knelt down to the palace and then drank a glass of poisonous wine, thus ending his life.